IS7 and dimm slot issues

[Illbleed]

I just assembled an Abit IS7 based system. My first P4 system actually.

Has anyone ever heard or experienced this problem:

dimm 0 & 1 refuses to work (gives beeps which signal memory error), while dimm 2 $ 3 work fine.

Ive tested with 3 different sticks of ram...2 winbond bh5's and 1 hynix based and same thing.

Flashed to latest bios and still no change.


Any solutions or is RMA a forgone conclusion?

[althes]

Have you used one piece of ram.
In just one slot.

[Illbleed]

Yes one stick at a time...one slot at a time.

[Ruantic]

My IS7 has never had any issues like yours, however I believe I've seen similar problem posted on Abit forums, I believe the fellow ended up with an rma. If you haven't already you might want to try some different memory if possible...

[Creative]

Hmmm I cant say I had this on my IS7 either.

I got one of the first revision with the Gigabit lan on it and imo I rekon they were the same build quality as the IC7 :)

I do have troubles with my DIMM 4 slot on the MAX3 not being as good as the other 3....but the IS7 was awesome.....I didnt experiment fully, but imo 2+4 were the better slots for Dual Channel mode :)

[Illbleed]

Yeah my IS7 came with the gigabit too so I had such high hopes for her!

I will get my hands on some more sticks before I rma...or see if divine intervention takes place.

[Ruantic]

Originally posted by Illbleed
Yeah my IS7 came with the gigabit too so I had such high hopes for her!

I will get my hands on some more sticks before I rma...or see if divine intervention takes place.

Yup, I have an early IS7 with Gigabit lan as well...

[Major]

Illbleed welcome to Xtreme !!! :toast: glad to see you here !

I would take a flash light and look at the inside of the dimm sockets to see if any of the contact fingers are bent down. I bent a couple on my IC7 on the very first attempt to insert the ram.

[Magnum_]

Originally posted by Ruantic
Yup, I have an early IS7 with Gigabit lan as well...

What's this all about? I've had my IS7 (not G) for a while now too

When I install my lan driver, I see "Gigabit 3com Ethernet", and I CAN select 1000mbps in the options. Could it be that it is really a 1gbit NIC ? Or is it just a driver issue?

(i have no problems what so ever with the ram banks, I use 4 sticks of pc3200 corsair xms3200)

[Ruantic]

Magnum, indeed the early IS7 had on board gigabit lan, yours sounds to be the early version as well....

[Magnum_]

[cartman-mode]kixx ass ![/carman-mode]

:D
I'm gonna get me a gbit switch when I have the money :)